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Iraq: Cleric held incommunicado, risks torture: Kamran 'Ali ...
1 April 2011

An imam (Muslim cleric) is being held incommunicado in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, and is believed to be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.

Urgent Action       MDE 14/015/2011

Wire, April/May 2011. Vol. 41, issue 02
1 April 2011

1) Death and injury the order of the day 2) LiveWire: Libya; Romania; Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories; Egypt 3) Time to demand a bullet-proof Arms ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/002/2011

Jordan: 'Investigation' into attacks on demonstrators in Jordan ...
1 April 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 16/001/2011. 1 April 2011. 'Investigation' into attacks on demonstrators in Jordan must be transparent. ...

Public Statement       MDE 16/001/2011

Amnesty International team in Bahrain
1 April 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. MEDIA ADVISORY. Date: 1 April 2011. AI Index: MDE 11/016/2011. Amnesty International team in Bahrain. An Amnesty ...

PressItem       MDE 11/016/2011

Libya: Woman detained after alleging rape in Libya
1 April 2011

A Libyan woman has been detained, mostly incommunicado, after alleging that she was raped by members of Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi's forces. She is at serious ...

Urgent Action       MDE 19/013/2011

Egypt: Further information: Darfuri asylum-seeker not forcibly ...
31 March 2011

A Sudanese man from Darfur, Faisal Mohammed Haroun Suleiman, detained in Egypt, has not been forcibly returned to Sudan.

Urgent Action       MDE 12/026/2011

Africa: Human Rights Live Here: Stop forced evictions in Africa
31 March 2011

Across Africa hundreds of thousands of people each year are left homeless when they are forcibly evicted from their homes by the authorities. In most cases evictions ...

Document       AFR 01/002/2011

Oman: Protesters in Oman detained incommunicado
31 March 2011

Dozens of protesters in Oman were arrested in the early hours of 29 March. They are being held incommunicado, increasing the risk of torture or other ill-treatment ...

Urgent Action       MDE 20/001/2011

Syria: Further information: Protestors released but many still at ...
30 March 2011

Five protestors whose cases were included in the Urgent Action of 23 March were released on 24 March; two others remain in prison facing charges but are no longer ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/014/2011

Iran: Kurd at imminent risk of execution in Iran: Sherko Moarefi
30 March 2011

A Kurdish man, Sherko Moarefi, is scheduled to be executed on 1 May, in the western Iranian province of Kordestan. He was convicted of “enmity against God” (moharebeh ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/035/2011